This is great. A two-time owner of the BMW M6 (F13) has gone on the record with his driving impressions of his first M6 — a claimed "very early launch-spec car" — and his second M6 — an all-new 2014 M6 equipped with the Competition Package.
Considering it costs upwards of $7,300 smackers for the upgrades it is a worthwhile question to ask: is it THAT much better?
Only one way to find out, of course.
The Cliff Notes version of his review is quite simple. If you appreciate sharper driving dynamics, a better steering rack with more feel, corners with minimal body roll, and don't expect much more from the power or sound department then you'll be happy. If you're expecting more you may just be let down.
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Here are some noteworthy excerpts:
...All in all, the steering was the weakest point of an otherwise exceptional car and the promise of this area being vastly improved in the CP was good enough motivation for me to buy one.
The first thing I noticed on blasting away from the dealer was the level of feedback transmitted from the road surface is a surprise in an otherwise hugely refined car - you can feel the vibrations of the road surface much more than in my E39 M5 that I've bought to drive in between M6's...
...The ride quality of the standard car was pretty exceptional however it wasn't immune to body roll or vertical movement on bumpy roads. The CP adds stiffer settings all round (springs/dampers/ARB's) and, honestly, I can't detect any significant trade-off in ride quality. This is a great result as the additional stiffness ensures the body movement is much improved - hit a bump and the car just deals with it, containing subsequent vertical body motion very well for such a heavy car...
...The CP supposedly has a sports exhaust compared to the standard car and I'm 99% certain my previous one didn't have the flaps or the actuators in the exhaust shown below (I coud be wrong about this...anyone with another M6 want to confirm?). It sounds marginally louder but nothing like you'd expect an aftermarket system to sound like...
...The standard cars' erformance is outrageous and the CP, with it's colossal 15bhp extra appears, erm.....exactly the same....
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